FallenHero96 wrote:So I am guessing this means the 50 game season - and I really thought they would stretch it out until the last minute too.

Same here. Glad to be proven wrong. Guess the players voting twice for the disclaimer spooked the owners a bit into getting deal. Good card to play, the NBAPA did it and within two weeks or so a new CBA was agreed upon.

Either that or both sides have had enough with the games and BS and want to get back to hockey. Either way who cares, the best sport in the world is back!!!

Apparently Fehr told the players from the start that they wouldn't get their best deal until the final hour - how right he was.

Free center ice? Someone mentioned that earlier, which probably had as much accuracy as a lockout tweet.

I originally saw that in a LeBrun article, IIRC. He included it in a list of improvements/actions he'd make following an end to the lockout. I'm curious as to what will actually happen, both from the league and the individual teams, as far as fan relations go. Personally, I let the Pens keep my ticket money. Don't know if that means I'm in line for relatively more stuff. I'm not expecting anything, though.

That's a real shame. The season is on and i'm now statting to forget the harsh feelings towards both sides I felt throughout this ordeal.

After hearing the news this morning, my indifference is unshaken.Still, I'll be back in attendance.

However, I think that it would send a not so subtle message to the league and to the players if,at the opening game, after the first whistle, all fans got up and left their seats.Temporarily, of course. Just to demonstrate what playing to an empty arenawould look like, and that real people spend their hard earned, real money to seeNHL hockey.